0chain (ZCN) is a blockchain-based decentralized cloud computing and storage platform founded by Thomas Austin and Saswata Basu on December 31, 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. 0Chain is built on Ethereum and uses the ERC20 cryptocurrency token ZCN. The consensus mechanism used by 0chain is a unique Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) protocol called the 2D Byzantine Delegated Proof-of-Stake (2D-BPoS) consensus protocol. The 0chain network offers free cloud computing and storage services through 0Chain (ZCN) tokens.
From February 16, 2018 to February 18, 2018 0chain held their initial coin offering (ICO) selling approximately $39 million worth of their platforms cryptocurrency token ZCN.
The following organizations are partners with 0chain according to the companies website:
- Oracle
- Amazon Web Services
- NEO
- TomoChain
- BTC123.com
- BitClave
- Guardium
- Seal
- Guardium
- Livetree Adept
- TradeConnect (ThinkCoin)
- Merculet
- Augmate
- Bluzelle
- Opus
Timeline
From February 16, 2018 to February 18, 2018 0chain held their initial coin offering (ICO) selling approximately $39 million worth of their platforms cryptocurrency token ZCN.
0chain (ZCN) is a blockchain-based decentralized cloud computing and storage platform founded by Thomas Austin and Saswata Basu on December 31, 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
People
Ezhil Arasu
Blockchain Engineer
Heemany Shekhar
Blockchain Engineer
Jay Mojnidar
Director
Kenny Wesela
Protocol Engineer
Neha Rajkumar
Protocol Engineer
Nikhaar Shah
UI/UX Visual Designer
Paul Merrill
Protocol Designer
Ravali Koppaka
Blockchain Engineer
Sachin Naik
Senior Architect
Sarath Ambati
Senior Architect
Saravanan Kombai
Senior Blockchain Engineer
Saswata Basu
Co-Founder
Siva Dirisala
CTO & Vice President of Engineering
Thomas Austin
Co-Founder
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
0Chain - Economic Protocol by Justin Reitz
August 31, 2018
0Chain founder Saswata Basu chats with BCB about a zero-cost decentralized cloud
March 9, 2018
Blockchain Explorer - 0chain's Consensus Algorithm
October 31, 2018
Interview with 0Chain: The World's Fastest Enterprise Blockchain
September 10, 2018
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